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The Least Religious Generation?
Orthodox Jewish twenty-somethings (YU News)I am not usually disposed to reading material published by Christians - for Christians. But I was intrigued by a link on Gil Student’s Torah Musings: A book...
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Is this Watergate 2.0?
Zelenskiy and Trump (NBC)To say that President Trump is unpresidential is perhaps the understatement of the century. He is about as unpresidential as anyone can get.But that is not an impeachable...
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The Gift of Forgiveness
As we are about to enter the new year many of us reflect on the year just past. Especially as it affected each of us individually. There is not a man among us that has not sinned. And on the first day...
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Is Peace Really Possible?
Pro Israel Saudi blogger, Muhammad Saud (YWN)I am nothing if not a realist. Which is why I have virtually no confidence in the prospect of Israel making peace with the Palestinians.That being said, I...
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Teaching our Children to be Criminals
Robert Aumann accepting the Nobal PrizeSometimes an endorsement is not what it appears to be. This is the case with Nobel Prize winner and Shomer Shabbos Jew, Robert J. Aumann.A while back during the...
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An Apology Generated by Lies and Distortions
Demi Lovato visiting the Western Wall (Source: VIN/Instagram)I have to admit that I never heard of Demi Lovato. Which is somewhat unusual for someone like me who prides himself on knowing what’s going...
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A Glimmer of Hope
Professor Jack Wertheimer (JTS)I have not been reticent to express my dismay about the demise of the vast majority of American Jewry. (With the notable exception of Orthodox Jewry.) The facts (as...
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Travel Day
I’m off to Israel for my annual Yom Kippur/Sukkos visit with my family in Ramat Bet Shemesh (Aleph). Looking forward to it. I will resume posting after Yom Kippur.If you’re up early enough and in the...
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Yom Kippur - 5780
From the Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur liturgy:On Rosh Hashanah it is inscribed, And on Yom Kippur it is sealed.How many shall pass away and how many shall be born, Who shall live and who shall die,Who...
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The Pervasive Culture of Pornography
Anyone that thinks pornography is not a huge problem these days must have his head buried in the sand. True it has been a problem long before the internet came along. But it used to have built in...
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AOC, Antisemitism, Trump, and Schiff
AOC, Schiff, and Trump (New York Post)Every time I see someone calling the President antisemitic, it makes me laugh. Especially when it is someone that hangs out with - and defends people that actually...
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A Time for Joy
As my wife and I are about to begin celebrating the holiday of Sukkos with our beloved Israeli branch of the family (son, daughter in law, and grand children) I want to extend my sincere wishes for a...
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The Truth of the Torah
Tzohar founder, Rabbi Yuval Cherlow - Is he an Apikores?This is a subject that I tend to avoid like the plague. For obvious reasons.*But I can’t help commenting on a paper by Professor Adam Fertziger...
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Gone Jeeping!
Taking the day off to go up North with my family. This is our annual family Chol HaMoed Sukkos trip. Which usually does not take up the entire day. But this trip will. So I will not be writing a new...
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Perpetuating Judaism in Israel
Secular Israelis observing the Mitzvah of Daled Minim (Lulav and Esrog)Israel is definitely the exception.While the vast majority of non Orthodox American Jews are quickly fading into oblivion, non...
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Simchas Torah - The Best of Times
On this day of Hoshana Rabba, we increase the number of Hoshanas we say. An esteemed Talmid Chacham I know sent me the following insight about one of them. Which I thought I would share since it is...
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A Game Changer? Not So Sure
Elliot Cosgrove, Rabbi of the Conservative Park Avenue Synagogue Would that the Conservative movement had been doing all along - what one if its star rabbis, Elliot Cosgrove has just done. That might...
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Orthodox Support for the President
The President at the Kotel in 2017 (Ha’aretz)The question is why? Why are so many Orthodox Jews Trump supporters? Considering the fact that the man is a walking contradiction to so many of our Jewish...
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Wallerstein’s 'Torah'
Rabbi Zecharia WallersteinI cannot understand why this guy has any kind of following at all. And yet I see his name every year as a featured motivational speaker in Chicago around the time of Rosh...
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Back to Chicago
Harmony Retirement Apartments - Ramat Bet Shemsh (Aleph)*I’m on my way back home to Chicago after spending 3 wonderful weeks in Israel. We were there for Yom Kippur and Sukkos and spent some real...
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